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100-Year-Old “Life Hacks” Found On Vintage Cigarette Cards

In the 1910s, the United Kingdom’s Gallaher brand cigarettes gave smokers a little something extra in each pack: proto-“life hacks” on pack-stiffening cigarette cards, complete with gorgeous, full-color illustrations. Want to know how to preserve fall leaves? Gallaher has you covered — as long as you can get your hands...

By Kellen Perry • Apr 27, 2017

100-Year-Old “Life Hacks” Found On Vintage Cigarette Cards

In the 1910s, the United Kingdom’s Gallaher brand cigarettes gave smokers a little something extra in each pack: proto-“life hacks” on pack-stiffening cigarette cards, complete with gorgeous, full-color illustrations. Want to know how to preserve fall leaves? Gallaher has you covered — as long as you can get your hands...

By Kellen Perry • April 27, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • Apr 22, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • April 22, 2017

These Candid Shots Of 1960s Soviet Youth Might Surprise You

In the 1960s, many Americans imagined life behind the Iron Curtain as drab and depressing. But when LIFE magazine photographer Bill Eppridge photographed young people for an issue on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, he found that simmering with the Soviets was actually a pretty great time. It...

By All That's Interesting • Apr 20, 2017

These Candid Shots Of 1960s Soviet Youth Might Surprise You

In the 1960s, many Americans imagined life behind the Iron Curtain as drab and depressing. But when LIFE magazine photographer Bill Eppridge photographed young people for an issue on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, he found that simmering with the Soviets was actually a pretty great time. It...

By All That's Interesting • April 20, 2017

Rarely Seen David Attie Photos Offer A Glimpse Into Truman Capote’s Brooklyn

David Attie was a photographic unknown for decades. A dig through his home changed that.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 13, 2017

Rarely Seen David Attie Photos Offer A Glimpse Into Truman Capote’s Brooklyn

David Attie was a photographic unknown for decades. A dig through his home changed that.

By All That's Interesting • April 13, 2017

33 Rare Photos By Francis Frith Of Egypt From The Mid-1800s

See Francis Frith's pioneering photos of the Middle East of the 19th century.

By Kellen Perry • Apr 8, 2017

33 Rare Photos By Francis Frith Of Egypt From The Mid-1800s

See Francis Frith's pioneering photos of the Middle East of the 19th century.

By Kellen Perry • April 8, 2017

44 Stunning Photos Of China Before Its Communist Transformation

Haunting images of the Qing dynasty Chinese culture and society that the nation's leaders wiped out after the communist revolution.

By Mark Oliver • Apr 6, 2017

44 Stunning Photos Of China Before Its Communist Transformation

Haunting images of the Qing dynasty Chinese culture and society that the nation's leaders wiped out after the communist revolution.

By Mark Oliver • April 6, 2017

Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry • Mar 28, 2017

Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry • March 28, 2017

“Girl Baseball Players” Cigarette Pack Cards Of The 1880s

In 1886, Virginia tobacco manufacturer Allen & Ginter created two unusual series of baseball cards to promote their Virginia Brights brand. Virginia Brights, according to the firm, were “unexceptionably fine” and “unusually mild” cigarettes from the state’s “Bright Districts” that offered “great comfort and satisfaction to those who inhale the...

By Kellen Perry • Mar 28, 2017

“Girl Baseball Players” Cigarette Pack Cards Of The 1880s

In 1886, Virginia tobacco manufacturer Allen & Ginter created two unusual series of baseball cards to promote their Virginia Brights brand. Virginia Brights, according to the firm, were “unexceptionably fine” and “unusually mild” cigarettes from the state’s “Bright Districts” that offered “great comfort and satisfaction to those who inhale the...

By Kellen Perry • March 28, 2017

40 Fantastic “Behind The Scenes” Shots Of The World’s Most Iconic Films

Movie-goers marvel at the stunning scenes that appear on the big screen, but going behind the scenes is exciting too.

By Erin Kelly • Mar 21, 2017

40 Fantastic “Behind The Scenes” Shots Of The World’s Most Iconic Films

Movie-goers marvel at the stunning scenes that appear on the big screen, but going behind the scenes is exciting too.

By Erin Kelly • March 21, 2017

Jamel Shabazz’s Most Iconic Images From The Streets Of New York

Jamel Shabazz may have only been a 20-year-old when he started photographing New York City in the 1980s, but the Brooklyn-born artist captured the city in a way that nobody else seemed capable of. His photographs now hang in the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Whitney Museum, and the...

By All That's Interesting • Mar 17, 2017

Jamel Shabazz’s Most Iconic Images From The Streets Of New York

Jamel Shabazz may have only been a 20-year-old when he started photographing New York City in the 1980s, but the Brooklyn-born artist captured the city in a way that nobody else seemed capable of. His photographs now hang in the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Whitney Museum, and the...

By All That's Interesting • March 17, 2017